diff --git a/meson-scripts/compile_scx_lib b/meson-scripts/compile_scx_lib
index ef9d22fdb..8692fab0d 100755
--- a/meson-scripts/compile_scx_lib
+++ b/meson-scripts/compile_scx_lib
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ dir="$PWD/lib"
 
 libs=`find $dir -type f -name *.bpf.o | grep -v $lib.bpf.o`
 
-bpftool gen object "$output" $libs
+"$bpftool" gen object "$output" $libs
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 21b808b3b..c22f6a4a7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -270,12 +270,15 @@ bpf_includes = ['-I', join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'scheds/include'),
                 '-I', join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'scheds/include/bpf-compat'),
                 '-I', join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'lib/include'),]
 
+lib_objs = []
+subdir('lib')
+
 #
 # Generators to build BPF skel file for C schedulers.
 #
 gen_bpf_o = generator(bpf_clang,
                       output: '@BASENAME@.o',
-                      depends: [libbpf],
+                      depends: [libbpf, scx_lib],
                       arguments: [bpf_base_cflags, '-target', 'bpf', libbpf_c_headers, bpf_includes,
                                   '-c', '@INPUT@', '-o', '@OUTPUT@'])
 
@@ -459,9 +462,6 @@ if enable_stress
   endif
 endif
 
-lib_objs = []
-subdir('lib')
-
 thread_dep = dependency('threads')
 
 subdir('scheds')